Power transmission



July 148, 1944- R.'A.sHAR1-LE 2,353,791

A owER TRANSMISSION Filed June 29,- 1942 ROBERT A'. `SHARTLE y .ATTORNEY Patented lJuly 18, 1944 POWER TRANSMISSION lRobert A. Shartle, Rockford, I ll., assignor to Vickers Incorporated, Detroit, Mich., a corpo'- ration of Michigan Application June 2s, 1942, serial No. 448395 This invention relates to power transmissions,

-particularly to those of the type comprising two or more fluid pressure energy translating devices, one of which may function as a pump and another as a fluid motor.

The invention is more particularly concerned with a hydraulic system for actuating an alternately reciprocating machine tool slide, for example, that of a honing machine.

In some cases it is desirable to interrupt the normal reciprocating cycle of the mach-ine through its full intended stroke and to cause temporarily a cycle ofvery short stroke reciprocation to correct for inaccuracies in thework by a localized lapplication of the tool.- It is furthermore necessary, particularly with a honing pressure to the left or the orifice on its upper4 face and to the pressure' to the right of the ori- 'flce on its lower face through passage 24, so

machine, that the short stroking mechanism be so arranged that it is impossible t'o accidentally cause the short stroking operation to take place with any overtravel beyond the limits of the normal full stroke reciprocation.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved hydraulic power transmission system adapted to operate a reciprocating slide through both a normal long stroke and alternatively at vwill through a short reciprocating stroie at any point along the length of the long s ro e.

Further objects and advantages of the present In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, l represents a constant displacement pump of conventional construction adapted to `be driven by a suitable prime mover, not shown. Pump l0 is provided with a suction conduit I2 for withdrawing fluid from a tank I4 and a'delivery conduit. I6 for directing thev delivery therefrom to one port I8 of arcombined flow con- ,trol and relieivalve 20. The latter may be of the construction such as illustrated in the pat-- `ent to Harry F. Vickers, No. 2,102,865, designed to control the rate of oil flow into the system and also to function as a pressure relief valve which automatically operates at the minimum pressure necessary to maintain this flow. The combination valve comprises an adjustable orifice 2| together with a hydrostatic valve 22 under the control of a piston 23 which is subjected to the vlss either pilot operating chamber of a pilot-operat- -end ports of valve 10 are connected to a conduit that valve 22 is caused to open orclose to maintain a constant pressure drop through the orlflee 2| regardless of pressure variations at the port 25. Passage 24 thereof communicates with an adjustable relief device 26 which will limit the maximum system pressure asV desired.

Port of combination valve 2 0 is connected to a conduit 28 which extends to one side of a volumetric displacement cylinder 30, passing through a sequence valve 32. The latter is of thev construction, such as disclosed in the Herman Patent No. 2,200,824, comprising a pressure responsive valve 34 which allows pressure iiuid to flow into port 38 whenever a predetermined pressure for which the valve spring Il has been adjusted has been reached. Metering cylinder consists of a cylindrical body containing a floating piston 40 therein and an adjusting screw 42 on the left end thereof to regulate the quantity of liquid to be metered. The lefthand end of metering cylinder 30- is connected to a conduit 44 which also incorporates a sequence valve 46 similar to valve l2 above described. The two valves 48 and 32 are externally drained by drain line 4B lwhich communicates with a tank conduit 50.

Conduit 44 extends beyond sequence valve 40' to the rod end of a piston-and-cylinder motor l2, passing'through a counterbalance valve 54 whose operation issimilar to that oi.' the sequence valve hereinbeforel disclosed. Counterbalance valve N includes. a pressure responsive valve l! which causes the liquid discharging from the rod end of the motor 62 to encounter a-resistance at port 58 before flowing into port 60. Valve 64 is set to open at a pressure slightly higher than that created by the Vweight of the piston and attached slide of the motor 52. Valve 54 al'soincludes an integral check valve B2 which provides for reverse free now. It is drained through a conduit Sequence valves 4B and I2 have their discharge ports B4 and 36 connected to conduits 68 and 88, respectively, which extend to a springoiset, pilot-operated, reverse valve 10. The two 12 which communicates with the `conduit 44 through a check Vvalve 14, while the center port connectsby conduitls to conduit 28 through a check valve 18. Conduits 12 and 1B have branch conduits and 82, respectively, which extend to conduits |02 and 88.

ed reverse valve 84 of conventional construction. The pressure port thereof is connected to a conduit 86 which communicates with the conduit 28 and also with the pressure port of a rotary four.- way pilot valve 88. The latter is adapted to be mechanically operated by adjustable dogs 80 and 82 carried by a main slide 84.

The tank ports of the pilot valve 84 connect with a conduit -88 which communicates with another tank conduit 48 and also with the tank port of the rotary pilot valve 88. The cylinder ports of valve 84 'connect by conduits 88 and |00 to the A and B portions, respectively, of a triple-deck rotary pilot valve. The latter connect by conduits |02 andv |04 to the cylinder ports of the rotary pilotvalve 88 and also by conduits |06 and |08, respectively, to either pilot operating chamber of a reversing valve I0. The

C portion. of the triple-deck valve has its tank l port connected to a conduit ||2 which communicates with the conduit 60, and its pressure port connected by a conduit |I4 to the conduit 28. The cylinder port thereof is connected by a conduit ||6 which extends to the pilot chamber of the valve 10.

The pressure port of reversing valve ||0 communicates with the main pressure conduit 28 through a conduit ||8, while the tank ports communicate with thetank through the conduit 50. The left-hand cylinder port thereof connects by a conduit to the head end of the motor 52, while the righthand cylinder port is plugged.

InV operation, with the circuit conditioned for normal stroking operation, illustrated, pump i0 withdraws fluid from the tank |4 and delivers it through combination'valve 20 at a predetermined rate 4to the main pressure conduit 28. The lat-- ter .will direct the pressure fluid into auxiliary conduit l|8 where it is caused to flow through 'the .reversing valve to the head end of the motor 52. This will force the piston therein downwardly, with the exhaust fluid flowing through the counterbalance valve 84, conduit 44 and into the metering cylinder 80, thus causing piston 40 to move to the right. This expels fluid into conduit 28 providing for a differential action downward. Upon the piston 40 reaching the end of its stroke, pressure in conduit 44 will increase until it reaches the setting of sequence valve 46 'which will then bypass the fluid into conduit 68. The pressure fluid will then be directed through valve 10, into conduit 18, through check valve 18 and into conduit 28, continuing the downward movement of the motor 52 differentially.

Motor 62 will continue its downward movement until dog 80 on slide 84 shifts the rotary valve 88, connecting conduits 88 and |04 and This will direct the pilot pressure through the B portion of the tripledeck rotary valve and into conduit |08 to thereby shift valve ||0, connecting the pressure port thereof with the plugged cylinder port and conduit |20 with the tank conduit 60. The pressure shift valve 84 to the position shown.

ing thepiston 40 therein back to the position shown, expelling liquid into conduit 44. vWhen the piston 40 reaches the end of its stroke, pressure will rise in conduit 28 causing sequence To provide for the short stroking operation, v

the triple-deck rotary valve is shifted to connect -conduits 88 and |08 through the ,A portion,

conduits |00 and |08 through the B portion, and conduits ||4 and ||6 through the C" portion. It willebe seen that the conduits |02 and |04 of rotary valve 88 will be blocked by the A and B portions, respectively, as well as conduit H2' of the C portion. 'I'he latter will direct pilot pressure fluid through conduit ||8 to the valve 10, shifting it soas to connect conduit 68 with conduit 18 and conduit 88 with conduit 12. Thus, the shifting of the triple-deck valve will render ineffective the rotary pilotv valve 88 and condition the circuit for the short stroking operation under control of pilot valve 84.

Assuming that the piston of motor 82 is moving downwardly when the short stroking lever 88 is shifted,A the pressure fluid is traversing conduit ||8, reversing valve ||0 and conduit |28. With piston 40 of metering valve 80 shifted to the righthand end of its stroke, by the lvery first downward movement of piston 82, pressure will immediately build up in conduit 44 beyond the setting of valve 48 and will be bypassed into conduit 68 where'it will flow through valve 18 and into conduit 12,-blocking this circuit. Pressure fluid will now be directed into auxiliary pilot conduit tothereby shiftl valve 84, connecting the `pressure port thereof with the lefthand cylinder port and the righthand cylinder port with the tank port thereof. This will cause pilot pressure from conduit 88 to flow through conduit |00 and into conduit |08 to thereby shift valve ||0, with the discharging pilot fluid traversing conduits |08, 88, valve 84, `conduits 88, 48 and 80 to the tank. This will connect the pressure port .of valve ||0 with the plugged port and theI lefthand cylinder port with the tank port, thus directing the pump delivery through conduit 28 to metering cylinder 80, causing the piston 40 therein to discharge fluid into conduit 44 and to the rod end of motor 82, returning the piston a distance equal to the displacement of the metering cylinder 80.' Upon the piston 40 of metering cylinder 80 reaching the end of its stroke, pressure will build up in conduit 28, causing valve 82 to bypass the flow into conduit 88 where it will flow through valve 10 and into conduit 18, again forming a. blocked circuit, preventing any further -delivery of oil to the rod end of the motor 82.

Pressure fluid in conduit 16 will now be directed into auxiliary pilot conduit 82 to thereby This will direct the pilot pressure into conduit 88 where it will flow through the A portion of the tripledeck valve and into conduit |08 to thereby shift reversing valve ||0 to the position shown, with the exhausting pilot fluid traversing conduit 08, the B part of the rotary valve, conduit |00, valve 84, conduit 86 and conduits 48 and 50 to tank. This short stroking operation will continue until the triple-deck rotary valve is again shifted to the position shown.

Thus, it will be seen that the invention provides a means for short stroking a. dierential motor at any position within the normal stroke v thereof. It is to be noted that theilrst thing to .i reciprocable fluid motor, means including a reverse valve and connections for supplying iluidV to the motor to operate the same through alternate strokes of normal length in opposite directions, and additional means for controlling the flow of fluid to the motor to operate the same through alternate strokes of shorter length in opposite directions, said additionalv means ina,sss,vo1

cluding a volumetric displacement metering device.

2. In a hydraulic power transmission system the combination with a source of pressure uid, a reciprocable duid motor, means including a reverse valve and connections for supplying huid vto the motor to operate the same through alter- I nate strokes of normal length in opposite directions, and additional means for controlling the iiow oi fluid to the motor 'to operate the same through alternate strokes of shorter length in opposite directions, said connections including a duid' quantity measuring device, means for causing a continued now through said connections ater said quantity hasbeen measured at the beginning or a normal stroke, and means selectively operable to prevent such continued new er strokes.

3.In a hydraulic power transmission system the combination with a source of pressure fluid, a reciprocable fluid motor, a directional control valve of the pilot-operated type for controlling the direction of fluid now to the motor, connections between the pump, the valve and the motor. a volumetric displacement metering device comprising a cylinder having a free piston therein and placed in series in one of said connections. means operable when the free piston has completed a stroke in either direction for permitting continued flow through said one connection in the same direction, and a valve selectively oper-l able to disable the last-named means whereby the stroke oi" the fluid motor is limited to a distance determined by the volumetric displacement of the metering device. I

4. In a hydraulic power transmission system the combination with a source of pressure duid, a reciprocable iluid motor, a directional control valve of the pilot-operated type for controlling the direction of fluid ow to the motor, means responsive to travel of the motor through a predetermined distance for operating said directional valve to reverse the motor, connections between the source, the valve and the motor, a voiumetric displacement metering device comprising a cylinder having a free piston therein and placed in series in one of said connections, means responsive. to operation of the free piston in completing a stroke in either direction for per-' mitting continued now through said one connection in the same direction, means responsive to travel of the free piston for operating said directional valve, andY a selectively operable valve means to render both said tree-piston responsive means eective and simultaneously disable said motor-travel responsive means whereby .the stroke o! the iiuid motor is limited to a distance determined by the volumetric displacement o! the metering devicen l ROBERT A. SHARM.

tov thereby cause the motor to operate with short- 

